Contemplative Cinema Movies

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch...

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and...

A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy.

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

A slow, dialogue-free film about a woman's journey in Siberia.

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a...

When Benny's younger brother, Loren, suddenly reappears after being missing for months, the two are forced to reckon with the drastically different...

Indulging in frivolous passions and contemplating the essence of being, a young woman reflects her feelings that seem to be doomed and rejuvenating...

A couple is on vacation with their car. They drive past green hills and small roads. Suddenly the man realises he lost his way. They drive into a...

Jack wants to know if Ollie “like likes” him. But Ollie is meditating. So, he asks a bird instead.

When her bionic boyfriend Ethan proposes, Jackie finally feels like she has found her happily ever after— until a chance encounter with another...

Contemplative and almost without dialogues, the film shows the routine of inhabitants in a city: a young woman who lives alone; an eldery that lives...

"Protected by the mountains that surround the neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the city of Sabará, Brazil, a group of young people are...

As the sun begins its descent, time seems to stand still.

A man reads a letter from his away girlfriend while he contemplates on some memorable places in Jakarta, where they had spent time together.

For Sarah, her past has become a blur but she can’t shake the feeling that something horrible is locked away in her memories. Drawn back to her...